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  <part>
    <title>Architecture</title>
    <partintro>
      <para><application>modest</application> tries to be quite flexible in its
	design. However, it's always important not to make things too
	generic. Both for reasons of time limitations and keeping the software
	understandable and 'modest', it's important to limit the scope.
      </para>
      
      <para>
	For <application>modest</application>, the following:
	<itemizedlist>
	  <listitem><application>modest</application> is a e-mail program
	    using the <package>tinymail</package> and <package>camel</package>
	    libraries;</listitem>
	  <listitem><application>modest</application> targets gtk and
	    gconf-based user-interfaces, including the Hildon
	    environment;</listitem>
	  <listitem><application>modest</application> main use-case is in
	    small, mobile device such as the <productname>Nokia 770 Internet
	      Tablet</productname>;</listitem>
	  <listitem>However, effort is made also to
	    make <application>modest</application> usable as a general-purpose
	    e-mail client on normal desktop computer.</listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
      </para>
    </partintro>
  </part>